19 May 1536 – To Jesus Christ I commend my soul
I'm not sure whether Anne Boleyn got any sleep on the night of the 18th/19th May. She was…
Events of 1536
19 May 1536 – A terrifying vision
Lambeth Palace Something strange happened in the early hours of the day Queen Anne Boleyn was executed. While…
18 May 1536 – Anne Boleyn prepares for death
On the night of 17th/18th May 1536, while the carpenters built her scaffold within the grounds of the…
In Memory of Five Innocent Men – 17 May 1536
I sometimes feel that Sir Henry Norris, Sir Francis Weston, William Brereton, Mark Smeaton and George Boleyn, Lord…
17 May 1536 – These bloody days have broken my heart
The famous Tudor poet Thomas Wyatt the Elder wrote two poems about the executions he witnessed in 1536…
16 May 1536 – Anne Boleyn hopes to go to a nunnery
Following a visit from Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, earlier in the day, Anne Boleyn told her gaoler…
14 May 1536 – Jane Seymour moves nearer the King
Jane Seymour by Lucas HorenboutOn 14th May 1536 Sir Nicholas Carew was sent by Henry VIII to collect…